And yet your Polaris does not use tranny oil for its tranny.

 

yes it does but its a different oil its a thinner oil than what is used in the engine. tranny flujid is more of a hydrolic fluid than an oil thats why I am asking I have never heard of putting 10-30 10-40 straight 30 or 40 weight oil in a tranny it is too thick to move around and lubricate as a thinner hydrolic type fluid would do (oil=thick lubricating substance, tranny FLUID is considerably thinner and flows through thinner openings that OIL will clog and not do any good )

 

its a weird tranny the motor suzuki picked is from a scooter not like a bigger atv that using cluctch plates and gears.

 

ok.. it just sounded odd to me I have heard of using 80 weight gear oil or the thinner tranny fluid but never engine oil grade oil in it thats why I asked

 

that was I was confused in the 1st place now he did replaced it.

 

It's about "shear strength".
In my TT machines, I ran auto tranny fluid.
For MX we ran the 80 weight fluid (real gear lube) for the shear strength.
In a stock machine 10-40 is fine.
There was wear caused by the auto tranny oil. We changed it often. The oil would get all milky and grey colored.

 

I'm assuming this 80 is a four stroke. If so, you need to change the oil in the motor because it is most likely full of gas. The gas will breakdown the integrity of the oil which could result in engine damage.

 

2 stroke.

 

Lol, there are 3 bolts on the bike in front of the front sprocket. One is on top to fill, the second is a screw in the middle to check when yo take it out some oil will drip if full, and the thrid is a bolt on the bottom that drains the oil. I am with LT80 on this but have chossen to run belray gear saver 80w in mine.

 

dont know much,learning as i go!!that is why we are here.